Belt-fastening means.



0. R. RUST.

BELT FASTENING MEANS.

APPLIOATION FILED IEBJB, 1911.

1,022,508. A Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

- OTIS R. RUST, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSUURI.

BELT-FASTENING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Fatented Apr. 9, 1912,

Application filed February 8, 1913.. Serial No. 607,444.

To whom, it may concern: v

Be it known that I, (has R. Rus'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and. State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Fastening Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belt fastening means, and more especially to fastening means for mens belts, and my object is to produce means of the character indicated by which what; is usually the permanently attached end of the belt, may be instantly reliably connected. to or disconnected from the buckle.

A further object is to produce a fastening means for securing a loop reliably to the belt adjacent to the buckle for the reception of the free end of the belt when in engagementwith the buckle.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of con struction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in

which ferred type. 2 is a clamp consisting of two members bearings, pivotal or hinged rela tion, one member consisting of a plate 3 bifurcated at its front end at a to accommodate the tongue of the buckle and formed at opposite sides of the bifurcation with loo s 5 ivotall encirclin the rear cross bar of the buckle, and said member is provided rearward of the buckle and at its side margins with parallel ears 6 provided near their rear ends with openings 7. lhe other member of the clamp consists of a plate 8 provided in its front edge with a notch 9 so that when closed said front edge shall accommodate the tongue of the buckle and yet fit snugly and neatly against the rear portions of the loops 5. At its rear end plate 8 is provided with a toothed flange or jaw 10, projecting toward plate 3, and said jaw is provided at its opposite ends with trunnions 11, pivotally engaging openings 7.

12 indicates a belt of any suitable type adapted when the pivoted or hinged clamp plate 8 is swung to the position shown in Fig. 2, to be slipped into the clamp between plate 8 and jaw 1.0; so that when. said jaw ed indicated in Fig. 3, the teeth the jaw will ern oeo tl' anselves in the ti) or belt and clamp the same rigidly ainst plate 3. 13 l loop is provided with a tongue 14 to be into tne clamp between the end of e belt and the pivoted or hinged 'ibcr so that when the l the loop shall. also be ld L V y pro ecting 5) J by the clamping l construction of piece of grojecting s opposite e. that when t to loop form its ends and originally o ter edg s of the tongues 15 shall r shown most clearly in 4;, 16, ZlWSiS l? or equivalent means being employed to secure such abutting portions together.

" neans of the character dethe A: leather p o tongues scribed. it w: l? n; that the belt can be readily shortened to any desired length because, if too lon it can be detached and a piece of the de ired'length severed from the end for engagement with the fastening device. it is then resecured with the loop as before. the bolt is too short it can be readily replaced by a longer one.

In a construction wherein a belt of customary length can be quickly shortened to position WlilhOUt the use of tools and other appliances, the tongue projecting from the loop is indispensable. Should the wearer at any time desire to shorten the belt, he releases it from the clamp, cuts a piece from the end released, slides the loop or keeper the proper distance from such 'end and then reclamps such end of the belt andthe tongue of the loop or keeper in position.

From the above description it Will be apparent that I have produced belt-fastening means possessing the features enumerated as desirable and I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and described as required by the scope of the appended claim as obvious modifications Will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art.

I claim A belt, comprising a buckle, a clamp secured to the buckle, consisting of two members, one hinged to the other and provided with a gripping jav'wg'a strap, and a loop adjustably arranged on the strap and provided With a tongue adapted to fit flatly' against the strap at one end of the same; said end of the strap and the tongue of the loop fittingand adapted to be clampedbetween one of the members of the clamp and 

